JEFF’S COMING, YO!
You come at the Stelling you’d best not miss, as the famous quote from The Wire’s Omar Little kind of goes. Feared by his enemies and loved by viewers, the scar-faced stick-up man’s advice suggests that anyone attempting to challenge the established order should be prepared for unpleasant consequences if their plan backfires. It is a lesson Hartlepool United owner Raj Singh is currently learning the hard way after sending a letter to each of Hartlepool’s fellow National League clubs asking them to ban Jeff Stelling – the TalkSport and former Soccer Saturday host, and national treasure – from their boardrooms and hospitality suites for the season ahead. In scenes that his chum Chris Kamara would almost certainly describe as “Unbelievable, Jeff!” (unless they in some way involved an Anthony Vanden Borre red card at Fratton Park), Stelling resigned from his role as president of Hartlepool in May, in protest at Singh’s handling of negotiations over the protracted non-sale of his beloved hometown club.
